The Sun. — London, England, 1864-11-29 00:00:00

fir, p ools of Art. /llr E P otter, M .P., of th e c was present at the annua l me eti ng arnsle School of Art on Friday night, and delivered ±ich44 address upon th e position and prospects of provincial ools of art. He said the first school of art was opened aintaSdoetaaiegrnsestof House, and was purely for teaching drawing manufactures for perhaps some of the most W.ealth manufactures of the country. He, in conjunction with some friends of his own, went there and saw,that it witha,good system. They opened a school in Manchester, tue promise of some support, solely for the purpose of Lea e h l eg design s for manufacturing purposes. They can t:acted that some years, tut the manufacturers did not thank era for what they did, and did not give them support. ti ell ° ol B were started at first with very handsome subscrip t ; and about the year 1842 a grant of some £lO,OOO, made Government, was distributed among the different echo Is. ti4eY first got £250 a year, on condition that they raised a n ! i lar sum ; they then got a larger grant—Manchester " rat her important pl a ce—of £4'o) or £5OO a year. (I.`ngular to state, the manufacturers of Manchester had li i t til haished th eir subscriptions to half that sum, so 'tle did the schools seem valued, They found no sup- Port for a school of design, and changed its name to a school Ur school which h e b e li eve d was the right footing. The torongu i_established i n L on d on was transferred ) to Marl- ,stit } Luse. Still th ere c l ung the idea that they were I n uted in behalf of the manufacturers. The manufac turers had not assisted them to any extent. The whole sum c ribcd by the manufacturers to the different schools throllghout the country in 1862 did not reach £l,OOO a year .-- , 11 " he was a f ra id that in the centres of manufactures, in proportion to their size, the schools had succeeded worse than the fl where else. It was admitted it was manufactureo part of duty o f Government to assist the ers. His 0 7: 11 id ea was th e G overnment had no right to assist any c,,, 88-se xcept tho se w h o h a d not t h e means to f i nd educa. — tt for t hemselves. It might be desirable, however, in t .ele class es of schools, which could not be self-supporting. not 'te believ e d t h at thoroughly good drawing schools could 1, ue self-supporting, without Government aid, The tic4°°lB were t ransferred to South Kensington, and the tise t l4 l was established there first in 1854 or 1855. The great plea for making so great an outlay was, that it would 8 0 for collecting samples for manufactu rers . Th a t mu -4 he should have to refer to as very closely con- Ileet ed With the question of these schools. The mu uetliat and th e building at South Kensington had been b er Y expensive, and an immense amount of money had eell Blink upon them while the schools being weaker, had euffered. at 8,, (Hear, hear.) However, the training school Sou l Kensington had supplied first-class masters to A - v l vards of ninety schools. That was a great step gained. t ; t o the same time he thought the schools were entitled to T il re than the X 20,000 a year they had been getting. , u k t 811 na included what was given to South Kensington, a b L'et he did not think the country schools received very god £15,000 or £16,000 a year. The teaching was ~ and they had got to that point when the (48 Might be established upon a sound basis, and be Pee e3,lllgly valuable. (Chcsrs.) The large mass of the tc•---two thirds of the people—who had no means of gettb, i cg this education were entitled to a much larger share of ;Z e grant than they had hitherto had, and it was the duty C ry one to try and aid them in getting it, (Cheers,) ONEY MA.RKET AND 40 AIIIIIIRCIA.L INTELLIGENCE, CITY, TWELVE O'CLOCKM 4,14,1 they has been in greater demand this morning, ter" brokers have been asking rather higher me for the negotiation of securities. The pre rtiNti . orie for th e se ttl emen t a t th e St oc k E xc h ange cosllo doubt exerted an indirect influence, but the fo:mer Part of the increased enquiry for assistan ce t , f rom the cpmmercial classes who, f o r th e l as t ei t ; ll :ght, had def err ed b r i ng i ng th e i r bill s i nto 14: 1141t i°o• At the same time the supply of float -I"Pital on the market shows a slight falling off, th is circum s t ance a l so t en d s t o create strin too f ro e Y• The ra t es for firs',class paper have ranged ;I I 6 1 I per cent. fil ar tr ess in the Foreign and C o l on i a l P r oduce i e el s a tt during th e l as t f ew d ays h as no t b een ver y St it : For tea there has been a limited inquiry i ll ;lout previous rates. Sugar has been dull, whilo ch a l' h ce ) Cocoa, fruit, and spices there has been little been anti Of importance. For coffee the demand has ge e 4 ct ive, and full rates are current for superior I 14 . Tallow has been dull at rather lower rate s A h i ° l ' both present and forward delivery. t i — ro _ u°ll t £2,000 in bar gold was taken into the 4 Yesterday, can,non n bullion was with : NlVia for the Continent. It has been notified by the directors of the Euro pean Bank that they intend to complete at once the 0 11 they are authori se d t o ma k e, a larger amount f Capital having been ren d ere d necessary by the ' s eease of business?. p T he directors of the New Zealand Banking Cor ticl,tion, at the next half-yearly meeting, intend to 4ri tc ' a re a dividend at the rate of 10 per cent. per - ,,, L4 r 11 for the six months ending October last. at to directors of the Scinde and Punjaub Bank a h te that the accounts for the last half-year show 7 4 " t of £24,674 is 61. 4 ke eting of the Bank of Mexico was held to. a s ftY ' t t which th e a lt era tions made in the articles of p i ation w ere con fi rme d, Danubian Loan is 11 prem. The sub 04Vion list will c l ose t o - morrow f or L on d on , an d h ursday for the country. c o us creditors of Messrs. Brown, Buckley, and O c t Produce brokers, who suspended on the 14th k o °h er, held a meeting to-day at the offices of Quilter and Co., when the following state" 13 40 ` 4 Ns Was submitted BUCKLEY, AND Co.—.STATEMENT OP AFFAIRS. br T o n Oct. 14. Creditors unsecured .. £19,759 6 9 C o e re diters partially secured 57,528 16 5 Securities held £50,927 1 1 Creditors fully secured 134,127 12 8 Zeeurities held 144,347 13 9 14bili ties on brokers' T he ,v vra mpts 29,336 6 1 - " (I 41 ae of the goods being re • th, an sufficient to covor .cor vr aropts, tabilities on Bills, re , yeivabl e 4441iilities on floating con tracts, Bay ell 10,000 0 0 q: itth on hand, viz : At bankers £6,430 5 2 At East and West India Dock Company At Victoria Duck Cora loany .. By bills £221,415 15 10 £6,587 12 7 q o t s receivable on hand, uai dered good °(148 tips on hand •• e qt'Y debtors : o°4Bldered good "uered doubtful °llBldered bad 1,424 16 8 14,553 16 9 11,539 4 10 £36,031 7 9 13 3? o e Es timated to produce teUrities held by creditors creditors partially I:lver ed £50,927 1 1 bll t°l fully covered 141,347 13 9 6,675 0 0 195,274 14 10 P ro Total liabi l . l these figures it appears that increasing the 1 % by the sum of £ lO,OOO to cover proba ble 1 8 8 -8 „,, c11 floating contracts, a surplus of more than he ho th ,'","° will remain, after payment of 20s. int 11 4 ' 4 to all the creditors, without bringing in t o 41 're (3144t t he private assets of the members of .i t h e th e ; Proin explanations given by Mr. (It ter beii: %Veered to the meeting good groundsfor 41 4. 113 R that the figures submitted, having been ti 4 Jteted to very careful consideration, represent, 45 11 11411 Y as may be, the actual position of the tittl;: ) .: and that the liquidation will result substa . n• 'n accordance with them. Under these mr tulle-hllless the creditors unanimously agreed to the t he Ig resolution, by which it will appear that ea se 1114451 condition of " inspection" has in this cketilii4a dispensed. with. Mr. Travers Button ito t s,:". the chair, and Mr. Maynard is the soli a Th i j r et iag in the matter:— „""itit, ~,4 8 Ito acc ts resented to this meeting leave no slrly t -t Mea sr uuP ßuckley, and Co. will at an t4e period b 0 8 B rown,.. ti I).s llti c i „in a situation to pay . their creditors 20s in 1)4 3;.4 "IV be requested to wind up their estate and B°°ll as possible the debts due from them to their )It lve - iil it b eiog Understood that lOs in the pound be paid It ecti directors of the P anama an d A us t ra li an 44 4 4 , eGm pany intend to recommend a divi- Ttl:t 1, 1 ii T rats of 7 per ccut. at the next meeting 17 " a meeting to•day of the creditors of Messrs Halliday, Fox, and Co., merchants, Leaden hall-street. The balance-sheet submitted to the meeting by the accountants, Messrs Coleman, Tar quand, Young, and Co., showed liabilities amount ing to £319,261, and assets representing £307,937. It was ultimately resolved to wind up the estate under inspection. Two O'CLOCK. At Paris, this day, according to Mr. Renter's Telegram, the 3 per cent. French Rentes were 65 . 02, Rather firm. Depression is still the principal feature in the market for the English Funds, owing wan absence of purchases for investment of seffieient extent to negative the adverse icfluence of the sales which specula'ors aro disposed to make in consequence of the new foreign loans, and their probable effect upon monetary affairs, if they should lead to an enlarged exportation of the precious metals. Con. sols for transfer are 901 and for the account, less the dividend, 891 I, but they. have been a per cent. lower. The New Tnrees and the Reduced An nuities are marked 88i 4 ; the March Exchequer Bills, ss. dis. to par; June ditto, 6s. die. ; India 5 per Cents 1061; ditto 4 per Cents., 971 98; and Enfeced 5 per Cents. 101. In the Foreign Market the movement in Spanish Securities have been the most important ; the Pas sive have risen to 321 1, and the Certificates a to 14i upon a statement that a proposition for the settlement of these claims is about to be submitted to the Cortes. The Confederate Loan has receded 1-1. per cent., viz , to 59 61, owing to the news re. caived by the North American. Turkish 6 per Cents., 1862, are 711 I ; ditto Consolides, 461 47; Mexican, 29 291; do. New, 271 2; Greek, 221 ; Portuguese, 47a 1; Russian, 862 87 ; Vene. zuelan 6 per Cents., 1862, 494 5017 do,, 1864, 40k 412; and the Egyptian Loan, a prem. The share department is dull and heavy, most of the principal railways, banks, and miscellaneous shares being at lower prices. BRITISH FUNDS—ONE O'CLOCK. GOVERNMENT I.ruNDs. 3 per Cent. Consols Do Account, Dec. 8 3 per Cent. Reduced B Ba 1 - i i New 3 per Cent B Bi I i New 21 per Cent. Jan. 1891 Do 5 per Cent., Jan. 1873 — A.unuities, 30 yrs, expire sth Jan., 1880 — Do for 30 yrs, expire sthtkpril, 1885 — Do (Red Sea Telegraph), Aug. 1903 — March. June. Exchequer Bills, £l,OOO, 4& 31 per Cent. 5 die par 6 dis Do £500 Do £lOO and £2OO .. — Bank England Stk, Si per Ct. — Do Account — INDI A.N GOVERNMENT SECURITIES. India Stock, 101 per Cent,, April 1874 — Do Account — Do 5 per Cent. July, 1870 Do Account — Do 4 per Cent., Oct. 1888.... 971 8 . Do Certificates Do 1 per Cent. (Deferred 3 per Cent.) — Do 41 pet Cent. Do Enlaced Paper, 4 per Cent -- Do 5 per Cent., Jan. 1872 lOl Do 51 per Cent., May, 1879 .. Do 4 per Cent., Aug. 1866 Do Bonds 11,000 — Do under £l,OOO FOREIGN FUNDS—ONE O'CLOCK. Austrian Bonds, 5 per Cent .. Brazilian 5 per Cent Do 41 per Cent., 1852-58-60 __ Do 1863 — Buenos Ayres 6 per Cent Do Account,.... :hilian 6 per Cent. Do 41 per Cent Colombian 6 per Cent Cuba, 6 per Cent, Do 5 per Cent, 1864 — Danish 3 per Cent., 1825 Do 5 per Cent, 1864 Equador New Consolidated, 1 per Cent — Do, Provisonal Land Warrant.. — Egyptian 7 per Cent 951 Do, Second Issue Do £lOO Bonds Greek 5 per Cent., 1824-5, ex-Coupons 221 Do Account — Do Coupons Do Account Guatemala 5 per Cent. — Do 1839 and 1859 ttalian 5 per Cent.(Alarenimana Railway) &Lexicon 3 per Cent .... Do Account Do 1861 Do 6 per Cent. Anglo-ri.ach di. Do Scrip, £43 paid.... Lo French Scrip, Ex. 251 20c.. — dis x d Moorish Imperial 5 per Cent New Granada ..... Do 2 per Cent..... Do Deferred Do Land Warrants (Hectares) — Do Debentures, 4 per Ct., April 1861 — Do do Aug., 1866 — Peruvian 41 per Cent • • Do 3 per Cent. (Uribarren).. , — Do 41 per Cent., 1862 Do Account .. .. 821 a Portuguese 3 per Cent., 1853' Do Account — Do 3 per Cent., 1856, '7, '9, '6O, 62,'3. • 48 78 i Do Account Russian 5 per Cent 1822, £ St. — Do 91 per Cent., 1850 • • Do 1860 — Do 3 per Cent 1859 — Do 5 per Cent, 1862 Do Anglo-Dutch Do Scrip, £B5 paid Sardinian 5 per Cent 1)o Account Spaniel). 3 per Cent Do Account Do New Deferred Do Account Do Passive Do Account 322 Spanish Cert. of Coup not funded .. l4l Do Account Swedish, 4 per Cont. Do Scrip, £6O paid — pm Turkish 6 per Cent. 1854 Do Account Do 6 per Cent. 1858 Do Account Do £lOO Bonds • Do 6 per Cent. 1862 Do Account . . Do £lOO Bonds.. Do 1863 . . Do Guaranteed, 4 per Cent..... Do 1863 Scrip, £4O paid .... Venezuela 3 per Cent. Do Account Do 6 por Cent., 1862 Do Account Do 6 p Cent., 1864 Dividends on the above payable in London Austrian, 5 per Cent., Ex. 10 Florins. Belgian 41 per Cent., Ex. 25f Dutch 21 per Cent., Ex. 12 Guil Do 4 per Cent. Certificates French Itentes, 3 per Cent Italian, 5 per Cent. t 1861, Ex. 25 francs.. Do account Peruvian Dollar Bonds, 41 per Ct. Ex. 4s. Piedmontese, 5 per Cent., Ex. 25f TWO 0 O'CLOCK, Consols, Molloy 9Ol Do Acomult Liverpool Cotton Market—This Day, The improvement which set in yesterday muse. quent on the news from India has been counter. acted this morning by peace rumours from America, Sales probably 5,000 bales. The Deke and Dachcas of Grafton are entertain ing a select party at Euston. Hall, Thetford. The Earl and Countess of Essex are receiving a select party at their seat, Cashiobury Park, Herts. DISSOLUTION OF THE OFFICERS' MESS OF THE HADDIN GTONSHIRE RIFLES,—A meeting of officers of the Ist Administrative Battalion of Haddingtonshire Rifle Volunteers was held on Tuesday—Major Warrender presiding. The attention of the meeting was called to a letter from Lord Elcho, which appeared in the liaciiegton Courier of 28th October last in reference to Volunteer officers' messes, and to that of the Haddington Rifle Volunteers in particular. The meeting consider that this letter has been written by Lord Elcho in entire ignorance of the position of the Haddingtonshire Battalion, and that the recommendation of a general mess volunteer ed by his lordship is altogether uncalled for and quite inapplicable ; and as any expression of opinion on the part of Lord Eloho deservedly carries great weight, the meeting regret that his lordship had not previously better informed himself of the position of this battalion, and communicated with the officers, before ad dressing the letter to the liaddington Courier. The follow ing resolution was moved by Captain Scott :--‘, That the meeting strongly consider that an officers' mess, constituted as that of the Haddingtonshire Battalion, has been of great benefit to the regiment, as it enabled officers belonging to the scattered corps of the Administrative Battalion to meet together for the consideration of questions connected with the general discipline of the hattalron, and the improve ment of mutual acquaintance ; and that it is an error to suppose that the officers of the Haddingtonshire Rifles do not associate with the members of their corps, as it has been the constant practice of officers and privates to meet together in social gatherings at their own head quarters. The meeting, however, seeing the unanimous opinion of the public press, as led by Lord Eleho's letter, that such a mess is a mistake, resolve, in deference to that opinion, to dissolve the mess. This resolution was seconded by Ensign Dods, and unanimously carried, THE SUN, LONDON, TUESDAY EVENINO . , NOVEMBER 20, 1864 , SHARE MARKETS,---This day. ORDINARY SHARES AND STOOKS. Share Railways. Closing Business Price. ( done. 13.14. It et st 50 20 10 1 10 Bir.. Wol. , and Str. Val Blythe and Tyne. Bristol and Exeter ,Caledonian Cork and Bandon Cornwall 87 BO 131 132 6 7 no Do. B A gets diV Do A - till 6p o.p an.has been paid to B. Dublin & Belfast June. Dun.,Perth,&Ab. Juno. Edinburgh & Glasgow., Glasg. and S. Western. Great Eastern, Ord. stk' Ditto A stock Ditto East Anglian st Gr'reatNorthot Scotland 'Great Northern....• • •• Do A stock 33 35 16 17 90 92 107 109 48 49 Do 13 do jGt. S. an , ' W. of Ireland', (Great Westerr,Original ( Do Str Val glia. mock; Do. South Wales Do. West Mid. -oxiora Do Newport Do Derelord, Lancashire & Yorkshire! London and Blackwaili Lon., Bright.,& S. Coast Lon., Chat., and Dover; Lon. & North Western; Lon. & Scr.th Western l Man., Shot., & Li nco l n. Maryport and Carlisle. shares... Metropolitan Midland Do Birming. & Derby Gt. W. of Ireland Do. ish . aie - s Mid Kent North British Edin., Perth, & Dundee! Nth. Eastern—Berwick I puroljaie Do Lecds Do York Do Do. Stook. & Darling. Do do 1855-58 Do (to _ _ ihart 100 4teek stock 20 stook 10 100 100 100 100 100 100 100 100 stcok C OVIN 111_ .any kL British Columbia, 6 per i cent., Dec. 31, 1872..... Do: do. 1883.. :u.(40n.6 p.o.Ja. .Ir,J u Do. IS p. c. Feb. & dui Do. A p. Sept Do. 6 p. o. Jan.&July. Do. 6 Inscribed etoob 'lOO 102 09 I'l 99 101 ' 90 02 88 02 101 106 105 107 106 108 109 111 102 105 It 9 112 105 107 106 109 107 110 t ( 5 107 90 102 97 09 95 97 04 96 105 107 'ape G.llopc, op 0.187: Do.Ap ds Oct. 188( Do. 1894 )o. Jan. it July. 1891.. Jey➢on, N0v.12 , 8 . 3, 6_13 Lo. 1878, dO. Vlauritius 6 p.ccut.lB73 Do. - lb. Do. i 88! \rata' Gov. 6 per cent. V.B.Gov. 0 p.o.Ja.&Jul) 4. S.W. Gov. 5 p 18. Du. 5 p. c.,18/1 to L 7. I Do. d0.,1888 acupwdt , 'ew Zealand 6 p cent Nova Scotia Gov. 6 p. c stcriing, 1875. 2ucenslana Gcv. 6 p. o i.Aus Gov, 6 68- Dc. ,tuovard Vie. Gov. 6 pc. JaAJul) Do. lo Cp.°. An.dtOot„. lOU 100 100 100 100 100 100 100 100 100 100 100 100 [OO 102 [Ol 103 [O7 109 07 leB 1 7i 181 118 1 Business don, 104 t 4 1. 071 7 CONSERVATIVE LAND SOCIETY. THIS DAY. The annual meeting of the members was held in Exeter Hall this day—Viscount Itanelagh presiding. Mr GRUNBISEN, the secretary, having real the adver tisement convening tho meeting, the noble chairman read the following report : The twelfth financial year of the Conservative Land Society having been completed on the 30th of September, 186 I, it is now the pleasing duty of the executive committee to report to the shareholders a summary of the year's suc cessful operations, and to lay before them the balance-sheet and statement of accounts. At the last quarterly meeting on the 4th of October, the members elected the Rev. W. G. Goodchild, rector of East Tilbury, and Mr Clemow, secre tary of the English and Swedish Bank, as their auditors, and the board having nominated Messrs W. q. Astbury and N. Winstanley, the four auditors on the 2d, 3d, and 4th of November, met and verified the vouchers and books, and signed the balance sheet. The sul jAned table will cash receipts for the reepe i and the grand totals since in September, IS52: show the shares issued, and total ;five quarters of the year 1803-1, the commencement of the soviet) Qrs. ending* Shares in Shares l Total Receipts. progress. Complete . Shares. Dec. 24, 18 '3 lB5 63 252 15,323' 11 7 March 25, 18E 3 4 llB 67 1i,5 17,371 511 June '..4, 1.61 432 81 513 20,880 9 5 Sept. 30, 5i!..... 417 120 557 27,6 7 8 4 ...._____ Totals for the —l year 1361-4.... 1,186 331 ' 1,517 81,21: 15 3 Totals to Sept 30,1613 15,537 4,174 i 15,711 701,116 18 7 —_. Grand totals to 111ichaelmasA4, 16,723 4,505 i 21,228 782,389 13 10 last year's receipts, the show an increase 0f.... £5,483 910 [and to Michaelmas, 1861, Compared with present return The total sale of was The total withdrawals since the formation of the Society (7th September, 1852) to Michaelmas, 1861, are The returns of the register of the order of rights are as P follow : Completed. Drawn. Seniority. Total, 5,432 • 3,234 1,706 10,372 Deduct rights exercised on estates, &c, .... 7,787 Unexercised rights 2,585 The last share No. on the register by seniority is No. 14,813, and the last share issued up to Michaelmas, 1864, was No. 21,228. After the routine business of the annual meeting (this day), there will bo a drawing of 100 share numbers, to be placed on the register of rights, to select plots on the society's estates, at the option of the holders thereof, and 50 share numbers will be taken from the Beni mity list (date of membership), and be also added to the order of rights. On reference to the balance sheet, it will seen by the members that the subscriptions on shares dur ing the year 1863-4 amounted to £35,155 13s, and that the cash received in the deposit department amounted to £13,609 9s 10d. The withdrawals on shares were £12,130 Ils 3d, and on deposits £13,473 2s 4d. The total balance of sub scriptions on shares was £128,946 12s Id, and the balance _ _ of deposits at the close of the financial y,ar was £21,415 15s 2d. During the last year the sum of £15,562 10s 7d was•withdrawn from the share account to pay for plots of land, being an increase of £10,411 17s 9d compared with last year. The repayments of loans on land amounted to £11,907 6s 4d. The amount advanced for the same year to allottees, towards the purchase mouLy of their plots, was £19,912 16s 2d. The total balance of advance to allottecs on land account was £36,142 4s 2d. As regards the sale of land in the allotments of 1863-4, the balance sheet shows an amount of £15,087 Os 81 being an increase of £10,799 16s 7d compared with last year's sales. The sale of the stock in hand (being land previously allotted), and by pri vate contract, was £22,342 18s 9d, the total sale for the year being £38,430 5s sd, bringing up the grand totals of the sale of land to Michaelmas, 1864, to £368,800 13s 106. The freehold building plots in various counties now for sale amount to £71,118 13s 03. As regards the advances for building during the past year, the repayments were £10,909 8s 2d, an increase of £3,555 17s 41 The amount advanced for Luilding, &c., in 1864, has been £13,569 13s 4d, leaving the total balance of advances for buil ing, Ste., £15,825 5s 6d. The reserve fund has been brought up to £ll,OOO. After providing for the interest of 5 per cent, per annum on shares, and 4 per cent. per annum on deposits, the balance sheet shows an available balance out of which the execu • tive committee ar© enabled, as provided by the rules, to add to the accounts of members (in their pass-books) holding uncompleted invested shares in respect of which no interest has been paid, a bonus, or, in other words, interest at the rate of 51 per cent. per annum, and on those shares on which interest warrants have been issued, an additional half per cent, per annum, which lje included in the half yearly interest warrants payible on the Ist of May next. Thus every payment into the society on shares not in arrear, and on the register at the annual meeting, will realise 5 per cent, per annum fur the year ending the 'ooth of Sept ,1861, ale 1,5,41. Lay r...vvr 5 ,,,, vu ~v1.11./10Vell Oiiu.vu r.uu c; uni 1.:13 progress, paid a year iu advance and upwards, for which the half yearly warrants up to Lady-day and Michaelmas are issued on the Ist of May and the Ist of November re.• spectiyely, the rate will remain at 5 per cent, per annum, and at 4 per cent, per annum on investments in the deposit department, under rule 45, until further notice. The ordi nary quarterly meetings were duly held at the offices in Norfolk-street, on the 12th of April, the sth of July, and the 4th of October. The following members of the execu tive committee retire by rotation, but are eligible for re election, viz., the Earl of Bective, M.P., the Hon. Robert Bourke, Col. Augustus Meyriek, Sir Lawrence Palk, Bart., M.P., Newnham Winstanley, Esq. The new estates al. lotted this year were the Colchester (final portion) and the Bishop Stortferd, on the 16th of March; the Plough-lane, Battersea (first and second portions), on the 10th of April and the 224 of Juno; and the Avenue estate, Smithampton, on the 20th of Jul y, I n a ddi t i on to t h e hi g hly successful sale of land on the new p ropert i es, re - a ll o t men t s have taken place of estates purchased at former periods, namely, the Kentish Town estate, on account of the railway of the Tottenham and Kentish Town Company now in progress through the society's property; the Ipswich estate, close to the station, offering a ddi t i onal l an d t o the intending purchasers, and the W ens teed estat owing to the sale of the mansion. An ag reement has been entere d i n t o w ith South-coast and Brighton R a il wa y Company, for the new line, to be carried on to Kemp Town, to pass through the Round Hill Park estate, whereby the society's property will be greatly improved, During the past year the holders of rights had the opportunity of investing in house property, villas and houses being offered for silo on the St Margaret's estate, Isleworth , the IfiLy road, Oxford; the Round Hill Park estate, Brighton; Enfield estate, close to the station; " Wandsworth-lan e ; Old Ford; Roman-road, Putney Hackney, estate, /o. class villas and conve n i ent houses, either for l ett i ng or f or On the e s t ates j ust enumera t e d some first sale, are now for disposal to the general public. Notices of applications for bills in the next Parliament for new rail road schemes have been published, which will tend mate rially to develop com e o f the society's estates. Three new estates have been recently acquired by the society; namely, the Admiralty N avy Y ard at Deal, in East Kent, the Southgate - road estate, w ood-geen, in Middl esex , an d t h e Sunnyside estate, Sandown, in the Isle of Wight. These highly eligible properties will be submitted for sale in due course, all the three localities being particularly well adapted for building purposes. The opening of the new Iron Pier on the Bth November last, with a pier -head where steamers can be moored alongside in any state of the tide, and other great local improvements,"have already caused a demand for building sites; and the esplanade of the Navy Yard, together with a fine frontage on the Dover-road, will present opportunities for the erection of large hotels, man sions and houses, now so much in requisition in Deal. The Isle of Wight estate, from it s commanding s i tuat i on an d the inci easing growth of Sand own as a bathing place, especially since the opening of the . New Eastern Section Railway from Hyde. which will, eventually communicate with Cowes, will prove to be a most eligible building property. The Wood Green estate being close to the station, and to the Alexandra Park, as well as to the Green Lanes of Hornsey, and being within a quarter of an hour's railway ride from the metropolis, bids lair to be in great demand for building. The board will allot on Wednesday, the 11th of January, 1865, the Wood Green estate No. 2, Southgate-road, and on the same day the remaining portion of the Felixtowe estate. The proposed formation of a railway to this last-mentioned registration returns have been fast rising watering place, together with t h e sa l es pre v y effected, property. promise The a s peedy disposal of this eligible generally satisfactory, and the freehold f ranc hi se t h roug h the society's instrumentality has been m uc h ex t en d e d. iousl The past year has been remarkable for the sa l e of land on the early estates acquired by the society, which has thus been enabled to close the acoounts of some of these proper ties. In addition to this development, the new allotments having sold so well, the executive committ ee h ave b een enable to bring the financial year of 1863-4 to a successful termination, and the thirteenth year has been entered upon with very encouraging prospects. The executive committee, in recording th a t th e Conserva tive Land Society has acquired 55 estates in 21 counties— that the sale of land has been nearly £369,ooo—that 21,228 .650 shares have been issued, representing £1,061,400, and that the reserve fund new amounts to £ll,OOO, will, they trust, have supplied sufficient evidence, that no exertions have been spared to secure the prosperiey of the society, and it will be their endeavour to extend its political, social, and commercial advantages. (The meeting had not concluded when we went to press.). ihotcntituy of the Emperor uf Mexico Lintz del Ri o , had &an GREICE AND 17X!0_—Tiro Envoy Extraordi ntoariy,u7kdeyMailniistGerr,P„..leeen, audi ence of the King of lho 111 tlen y at Athens, on ths 20th in:A., to present his credentials. In reply to the Minister's speech the young King, after some complimentary phrases, said :—"Myself. the head of a new dynasty, and charged with the destinies of a people for their regeneration, I can • not but have great sympathy for a new sovereign and foe a nation which, like the Greek nation, have had to pass through painful ciises in order to conquer the place they should rightfully occupy among civilised nations. It is therefore with perfect sincerity that I express my wish for the happiness of his Imperial Majesty and for that of his august family, for the prosperity of his reign, and for the progress of his people," Scene at an Irish Petty- Sessions The following highly humorous description of a genuine Irish shindy or akrimmage we transfer to our columns from those of our cheap pictorial con temporary, the Penny Illustrated. The hand that wrote it, or we are marvellously in error, is surely no other than that of Ralph Neville. For the life like truth and racy fun of the sketch—lightly, even carelessly, pencilled though it is—it seems to us not unworthy in both particulars, that is, in the fan and in the truth of it, as a literary photograph of Irish life, it seems to as, we say, not unworthy of the author of "Lloyd Pennant ": Arriving at the village of ---, some two hours before Bianconi's car passed through on its route for Clonmel, I sauntered about in search of amusement during the interval. A crowd assembled round a modest-looking house, at the end of the main street, attracted my attention ; a policeman told me it was "Petty Sessions" day, and invited me to enter the court. Being anxious to witness the local admi nistration of justice in Ireland, of which I had be a rd and read much, I availed myself or the invitation, and took my seat amongst the spectators. The chair was filled by a portly, rubicund personage, and with him sat a " stipen diary'' (who used an ear- tr umpet), and two others. As I entered, the clerk, having recorded the judgment pronounced in a previous case, cried, "Timothy Nolan against Barney Brannan." There was a buzz of excitement in the court, which subsided into a dead silence as the parties pro - c,:eded from their respective positions to the front of the judicial seat. Tim Nowlan (the complainant), his head enveloped in bandages, rose slowly, and, leaning on the arm of his spouse. advanced with difficulty, as Whi t , injuries were even more serious than they appeared to be; and they were followed by Paddy Phelan, their witness, an old, peaceable looking farmer, who, as a mark of respect, was accommodated with a chair. Barney Brannan, or "Boulteen,"* as he was nicknamed, casting a half-smile, half-grin on the auditory, as if to say, "Now I'm in for it; also came to the post, and he was attended by a small wiry looking cur dog, which all his threats and all his wife's efforts could not restrain from sharing the fortunes of his master. The little brute buret from the rasp of Mrs Bran nan (who did not accompany her liege lord to the tribunal) and ensconced himself at Barney's feet, plainly indicating, by the expression of his physiognomy, that he was ready to take a turn with any adversary in his owner's defence. Both parties made a profound obeisance when they came in front of the Bench, and then, Barney Brannan, placing his shil lelagh under his left arm, stood proudly erect, with his hands behind his back, an attitude which he rigorously maintained until called upon for his defence. He responded to the accusations of his adversary occasionally by a bland smile, and sometimes by a knowing wink at their worships. "State your complaint, sir," said the chairman to the wounded man. " Ah, thin it's myself that's not able to say anything, yer honours," replied Tim (delivering his answer with ex treme difficulty, and gasping for breath between every word): "I'm fairly ruined by that villain ; he didn't lave as much blood in my body—saving your honours' presence as id feed a hungry midge." Wdl, come, how did it happen, sir ?" "How did it happen ? By gorra, it happened no how at all, barring ' The Boulteen' eomin' roarin' drunk into my house whin I was quiet with my pipe, and kissin' my wife and murtherin' myself, when I tould him to behave decent av he could, That's all, Nelly can tell yer the rest better nor I can ; for I'm not able to say any more." And Tim threw himself on Nelly's shoulder, as if completely ex hausted. " Well, Mr Brannan," observed the chairman, with great dignity, " I'm sorry to see you here again so soon, sir." " Thank yer Honour, I know'd that, long life to yru." " What have you to say in answer to this charge, sir P" Barney planted one end of his sapling on the floor, and leaning with both hands on the other, he bent forward with great gravity and decorum before he answered—" Ye all know me, gintlemin, egg and bird, man and boy, for gene rations, except the stipendiary; and sure my uncle's son is his Honour's right hand man; an' I defy ihe world to say I iver did anything mean, ye see, or my fathers afore me." " Well, toll us all you know about the matter," cried the deaf magistrate, who appeared nervously attentive to the proceedings, and occasionally blew into the ear-piece of a gutta percha trumpet. "It is very extraordinary," he remarked to the chairman, "it's very extraordinary, I had this trumpet from town yesterday, could hear perfectly with it last night, and find it quite useless to , day. It must have been left too near the fire: it really does me more harm than good. " Well, yer Honours, it's an ould story." " We have nothing to do with old stories," interrupted the justice. " Tell us, sir, why you beat the complainant." " Five years agone, come Michaelmas next," resumed Barney, " Tim Nowlan and myself had a piece of Conacre oats in co., and when the reaping time came wo cast lots; I got the tight-hand side, and becourse Tim got the left. Then, ye sec, we agreed to reap in co., and I won the toss r the nrst curt', It war uouseu same day ; it was the fair eve of Buulaby ; but I had no more notion of goin' there the -next day than the child unborn. I was Biala' quiet at home, when in comes a boy of the Feencys, to say that they were to beat the Sullivans and take the town from them to-morror, and that they'd want the 20 swap men they lent us (the Brannans) to beat the Mullanys at the fair of Ballyhawnish. I cant go, sis I, for I have Tim Nowlan'd oats to reap, and the wind's getting strong and it'll be shed. No faction has a right to borrow men, says he, if they dont intend to pay them back; but I'm thinkin', sis he, that ye're afeard to meet The Whang that's to lead the Sullivans (The Whang, yer honours, is Nelly Nowlan's own brother). Well, sis I, to the devil with the oats ; no one ever had it to say that I didnt pay men or ,money when I could, and I dont care a thraneen for any Sullivan that ever stepped in shoe leather." "Oh I d'ye hear him ?" ej waisted Nelly. " It's little business three like ye id have to stand before ' The Whang,' av he got fair play. ' " Well, I whit," continued Barney, " to the fair, an d ' The Whang,' an I met—and the world knows that I didn't get the worst iv id. From that day to this Nelly Nowlan's against me; an it's not bekese the oats was de stroyed by the storm, but bekese I bet her brother. Well, ye see, I went into the election the other day with Father Mick—and well treated we were, no doubt; and comin' home does I meet his Itiverence. ' Well,' says he, Boni teen, I forgive ye all ye ever did to me, ye behaved so well today. Ye're a real patriot. Here's a shilling to drink my health'"--. " Oh, ye villain I" interposed Nelly ; " Father Mick wouldn't look the side iv the road ye travelled. Didn't ho give ye the curse iv God last Sunday, for yer tricks ? And didn't he promise the congregation that if that wasn't able for you, he'd give you his own curse nest Sunday? And in troth, av he does, ye'll be trotting about the Moat of Mallow in a little black dog to the day iv Judgment 1" " Hould yer tongue woman I" cried Barney, not at all relishing the threat. " Father Mick 'll do me no harm, I tell yes. Well, ye see, gintlemin, 1 was in great humour, seein' I had the priest on my side, and says I to myself, as I passed Tim Nowlan's house, " I'll go in, an' make up with them, and be at pace with the world.' In I goes in, au' bid them the time of day, and sat on the bed, beside Nelly, and lit me pipe. Well, ' Batty,' this little animal (pointing to the dog), the best bit of flesh on earth, Master Charley (ad dressing the youngest justice); yer Honour recollects the day he buckled the big water-day ? (Well, yer Honour needn't laugh, now; for, on my sowl, ye might put him to sleep in a partridge's nest, and the divil an egg he'd touch) —well, ye see, by course, Butty followed me in, an' wint to warm himself at the fire; and whatever came between him self and the pig in the corner I don't know, but they up and at 'other in the middle iv the floor, and there was a rigular ruction. I lifted my legs out iv the way, and laid my baud on Nally's shoulders to hinder myself from fallin into the bed, when she gives me a rap on the lug. I jumped up Tim made a whack at Butty, and knocked him down. I made a blow at the pig, and Tim's head came between my stick and her back. 'Whooh 1' says he, spitting on the handle of his stick. Whooh 1' says I, doin the same. We at 'other ; and I wasn't gettin the worst iv id, when that decent man (pointing to Paddy Phelan) came in and sun dered us." "Now, sir," said the stipcndiary, "what did Batty say when he was knocked down ?" " The divil a word, yer Honour," roared Tim, at the top of his voice. "What did he do, then ?" "The poor fellow found Nowlan's heel in his mouth, and he bit it." "A most barbarous method of fighting," rejoined the stipendiary, addressing Phelan, the witness. "You ought to be ashamed of yourself." " I had nothing to do with it," replied Paddy, mildly. "Then where is Butty P hasn't he been summoned P" " He's there, yer Honour," shouted Nelly (pointing to the dog and his master)"—" but 'twas Boulteen did all the harm," "Oh I I see," said the stipendiary, again addressing Phelan; "he's Bully, and you're Boulteen. You should have been the defendant instead of Brannan." "I saved Nowlan, yer Honour." "I was able to save myself," cried Tim (now completely recovered from his exhaustion) ; " there never was a Bran nan able to handle me. I'll fight Boulteen for the whole matter this minute, ye see, if their Honours 'ill let me." "A bargain, by gorra I" exclaimed Barney; and the two men shook each other's hands most violently, in token of agreement, while the court rung with laughter. "There's no knowing how to decide on such contradic tory evidence," remarked the stipendiary magistrate; "and as the men seem disposed to make it up. and have shaken hands, let there be peace, and an end of it." " Shall .it .be settled as Mr - suggests ?'' asked the chairman of his colleague. "I have no objection," was the reply. "Now, Mr Brannan," remarked the chairman, with great severity of manner, " you were chiefly drunk, and I'll fine you five shillings. 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Alliance (11m.), 37 A nglo-Italian, lira., 3f Bank of New Zealand, 151 European Bank, lim., 74 Imperial Ottoman, tof London Bank of Scotland, lim., 8 London and County, 754 - - - DOCKS. London and St. Katharine, 73 MISCELLANEOUS. Anglo-Mexican Mint, 19} Credit Fonder and Mobilier of England, I)itto (£2), 5 „ East India Irrigation and Canal, 61 Gen. Credit and Finance of London, Um., Hudson's Bay, 16a Imperial Mercantile Credit A sso., lim., 81 1 International Financial aociety, lim., 71 London General Omnibus Company, 2} 3 • k ational Discount Company, lim., 151 Otago and Southland Investment, Peninsula and Oriental Steam, 831 Warrant Finance, Jim., 6i THE MURDER AT SUNSINGHILL,PARK.—Frede rick Croft, alias William Smith, was yesterday brought before the county magistrates, at Maidenhead, charged with the murder of Elizabeth Butler at Mr Crut chley 'a lodge, Sunninghill•park, Berks, on thd 15th October. The prisoner, who is apparently about 35 years of age, tall, with black hair and whiskers, and of a rather formidable appearan,:e, was brought into court by Mr Superintendent Iremonger, in whose custody he has remained since Satur day, having been re•apprehended at Aylesbury on the ex piration of a month's imprisonment in the gaol of that town on.the charge of vagrancy. The evidence consisted for the most part of that taken at the inquest, which was reported at the time in our columns. Several of the witnesses iden tified the prisoner as being the man who was seen with a small dog in the company of a woman near the spot where the murder was committed, and about the time. He was remanded for a week. _ The Earl and Countess of Craven and the Ladies Craven have left town for Croon° Abbey, Coventry, quarrelsonr in your dri►ik, and I'll always punish you for such misconduct." • Barney made a bow, and was departing - "Pay the money, sir, betore you go 1" "It's paid already, yer irJorionr. Whin I sowld the butter I lodged a severing with the clerk, to be worked in, an' this 'ill make ten shillings." "Fifteen I" cried the functionary appealed to, after re. ferring to his book. " There was five shillings for. striking the guager ; five more for pulling the preacher off the hogs head; this makes fifteen: will ye have the change ?" "No, thank ye, I'd rather lave it in, for fear I'd be short taken another time." " Won't you bind him ov'ex to.let me alone ?" cried Nelly, "av ye don't do something with him an' his dog no &went woman can live in the country." The clerk quickly called the next case, and the parties were unceremoniously thrust out of court by the police. "By gorra," rerharked a person beside me, " them---is the thrue ould blood ; the devil himself couldn't take a feather out o' any one that ever stood to them." Just then I remarked the " stipendiaty" exhibiting a piece of ccrk to the chairmau, which he had succeeded, after many efforts, in extracting from his ear trumpet. Lee and Longstreet. (From the article entitled "A Visit to the Cities end Camps of the Confederate States," in Blackwood s Maga zine for December.) I went out to the camp again, and was presented to General Lee, who invited me to dinner. It was a frugal meal, and simply served. The General has little of the glorious pomp and circumstance of war about his person. A Confederate flag marks the whereabouts of his headquarters, which are here in a little enclosure of some couple of acres of timber. There are about half a dozen tents, and as many baggage waggons and ambulances. The horses and mules from those, besides those of a small escort, are tied up to the trees, or grazing about the place. The General has a private carriage, or ambulance, as it is called, of his own, but he never Liana it, ..It formerly belonged to the Podorai General Pope. I remained some time at headquarters, and had a good'deal of conversation with the officers of General Lee's staff. Major Marshall mentioned to me, as ens of the greatest misfortunes which has happened to them dur:og the war (greater, he thought, than the fall of New Orleans), the accidental loss last year, through carelessness by a general of div;bion, of a very important order of General Lee's. M'Clellan, who had been slowly and carefully feel ing his way, totally ignorant of General Lee's plans, and the whereabouts of his main force, is said to have ex claimed, on finding this order, " Well, if I don't de stroy Lee this time, you may call me what you like;" and he immediately pushed on as fast as he could march, and caught the Confederates before they were ready. The drawn battle of Sharpsburg or Antietam Creek fol lowed ; and Lee, not destroyed, but thwarted in the main object of his campaign, soon afterwards recrossed the Potc mac. In the meantime, however, Jackson had captured Harper's Ferry, with its garrison of 12,000 men, and im mense stores, so that Lee still reaped some advantage from his ably-conceived plan of campaign. M'Clellan alludes to this matter in his evidence before Congress on the con• duct of the war. * * • At about 3 o'clock in the afternoon we rejoined Genera! Longstreet, who, after a long consultation with the Com mander-in-Chief, was at this moment riding down with his Staff towards the front. We found his corps already forming for the attack in a wood. Longstreet rode up the line and dovin again, occasionally dismounting and going forward to got a better view of the enemy's position. The ground just before us was plain and open, but be yond were those hills, since so celebrated, covered with Federal breastworks and rifle-pits, and bristling with can non. The Federals had also possession of the open ground below in front of their works, and their foremost guns were about a quarter of a mile from the wood we were in. I especially remarked a battery in a peach orchard, which was blazing away at one of ours not far off. As we passed Barksdale's Mississippi Brigade the Ge neral came up eagerly to Longstreet ; " I wish you would let me go in, General ; I would take that battery in five minutes." Wait a little," said Longstreet; "we are all going in presently." The won were as eager as their leader, and those in the front line began to pull down the fence behind which they were crouching. "Don't do that, or you will draw the enemy's fire," said Longstreet, who sees and observes everything. We passed on, and very soon afterwards the General called for his horse, mounted, dashed to the front of the line, gave the word, and led them on himself. We all followed him. It was a glorious sight. The men who had been lying down sprang to their feet, and went in with a will. There was no lagging behind, no spraining of ankles on the uneven ground, no stopping to help a wounded comrade. Not oue fell out of the line unless he was really hurt. On swept the line, breaking out with an occasional yell when they came face to face with the foe, but on the whole silently. The guns in the pea= orentiid 'were pou6crod . upon, and half of them taken in a trice, whilst the others limbered up and made off. Hundreds of prisoners were captured, and everything was going so satisfactorily that for a time we hardly doubted that the enemy would be driven from his very strong position on the hills in front. But at a critical moment General Hood was severely wounded, General Barksdale killed, and their men at the very moment of apparent victory, when they had overcome almost all difficulties that lay between them and entire success, hesitated, halted, and at length fell back, losing thereby far more men than they would have done if they had continued their advance. But still we gained decided advantages, taking prisoners and getting possession of the ground up to the foot of the hill. Proposed Iron Girder Bridge. A great railway undertaking, resembling in ohs racier the Britannia, Saltash, and Victoria bridges, and surpassing even these in point of dimensions, is to be submitted for the sanction of Parliament in the ensuing Session. The North British and Edia. burgh and Glasgow Railway Companies have given notice of a bill empowering them to construct a great iron girder bridge across the Firth of Forth, from near Blackness Castle, three miles above Queensferry, on the West Lothian coast, to Charleston, in Fifeshire. The plans of the bridge have been prepared by Mr Thomas Botch, C.E. The scheme was before Parliament last year in connexion with a rival line to Glasgow which it was proposed to construct, but the North British and Edinburgh and Glasgow Companies having compromised their differences the opposition line was withdrawn, and the Forth-bridge project was not entertained. This year it is brought forward in connection with a proposed branch of the Edin• burgh and Glasgow Railway, and with the through line to Perth, and also to Dundee, via Taybridge, which the North British ask power to construct in Fifeshire. The length of the proposed bridge is 3,867 yards, or 2 miles 367 yards. It will be about 17 miles from Edinburgh and 34 from Glasgow, and it is intended to accommodate an express route from these cities to the north of Scotland, in connection especially with what is known as the " east coast" route. Instead of a single span of 600ft.,with two side spans of 300 ft., which was the scheme of last year, it is proposed to make four spans of 500 ft. each over the navigable channel, the spans diminishing to 200 ft. and 100 ft. on either side. The clear height of the bridge in the channel will be 125 ft. at high water of spring tides, thus giving ample height for the tallest vessels frequent ing the ports of Grangemouth and Alloa. The frame of the girders over the widest spans will be about 70ft., giving a total visible elevation of 195 ft. for the distance of nearly half a mile, the height diminishing at the ends of the bridge a the spans become reduced in width. Taking the submerged part of the work the height will be 25ft. of foundation below the silt bottom, 50ft. of depth of water at ebb spring tides, and 18ft. of fluctuation of tides, making in all 285 ft. in height of work to be executed. The middle piers will be of stone to the height of 10ft. above high water at spring tides, and the rest of the structure will .be of mat. leable iron. The bridge will be built for a single line of rails, with a gradient in the south end of 1 in 134, and in the north end of 1 in 100, so as to give the necessary elevation in the middle. The dimensions of the Britannia-bridge may be stated by way of contrast :—Span, 460 ft. ; height, 104 ft. ; depth of tube, 301 t. Two years ago the North British and Edinburgh and Glasgow Companies obtained powers to construct a through line via Queensferry to Dunfermline and Perth. Tbe latter are forming their part of the line, consisting of a branch from Ratho to Queensferry, for local service and marine outlet, and the former will take up a portion of the lino on the north side in connexion with the Forth bridge scheme. But leave will be asked to abandon the great ferry works and.a portion of the north line should the bridge be sanctioned. The cost of the bridge is estimated at between £500,000 and £600,000, but, on the other hand, the companies; would save the capital cost of piers, breakwaters, steamboats, and cost of working the ferries. The Countess of Beetive, who has been serious:y ill for some time past, is now in such a weak cmditi on tha no hopes are entertained of her recovery, SPORTING INTELLIGENCE —This Day, CROYDON RACES-THIS DAY. Or ELECTRIC TELEGRAPH.) INNKEEPERS' PLATE. Sir Bobby ....... ... Sly F lox Pus.. Nine ran. SPORTING INTELLIGENCE. TATTERSALLS--YEsrERDAY. THE DERBY. sto 1 aget Liddington (offered) 10 to 1 aget The Duke (offered, take 12 to 1) 12 to 1 agst Breads!bane (taken) 100 to 7 agst Chattanooga (off,red) 25 to 1 agst Minnie (taken and offered) 25 to 1 vat Oppressor (off red) 25 to 1 apt Archimedes (taken) 33 to 1 agst Ariel (taken) 40 to 1 agst Brahma (taken) 50 to 1 agst Zsphyr (taken) 59 to 1 eget Buck ttaken and offered) LAW INTELLIGENCE —This Da: COURT OF BANKRUPTCY. (Before Mr Cornmisaioner Holroyd.) IMPORTANT QUESTI )N OF JURISDICTION UNDER TIM INSOLVENCY AND BANKILUFT ACC. _ _ _ Mr E. Reed appeared in support of a summons callin upon a person, a clergyman of the Church of England, ar i d who was insolvent in 1845, to bo examined and show cra m , why he had not paid certain instalments arising out, of a perpetual curacy held by the insovent. _ _ Mr Sargood objected to the jurisdiction of the, tonrt to examine an insolvent after he had obtained his final order of climliarso, Mr Reed submitted that the Court had, unquestionably, a power to examine, having full jurisdiction even to the,Ex. tent of rescinding the final order. Mr Sargood would only take the case now on t' point as to whether the Court had jurisdiction in this case. Tho final order W.lB granted immediately in August 1845—pro position to set aside a portion of the property being deli. berately struck out by the Court—yet the insolvent paid £450 to his creditorp. His Honour decided that the Court had jurisdiction, but that the insolvent ought to have special notice as to the points on Which he would be examined. The case was then adjourned till the 19th of January at two. POLICE INTELLIGENCE.—This Day, 1iT.1.RL33 b UGH STREET. PARISH PROSECUTION BROTHEL KEEPERS TN Ox- ENDON•BTREET.—Ann Gale, of 31, Addison-road, Kensing ton-road, and Sarah Payne, of 5, James -street. Haymar ket, were charged before Mr Tyrwhitt on a warrant with keeping a brothel at 16, Oxendon-street. A gentleman from the office of Mr Dangorfield. vestry clerk of St. Martin's, appeared for the prosecution, which was instituted by the parochial authorities, and Mr Sawyer, from the office of Mr Edward Lewis, of Groat Marlborough street, appeared for the prisoners. Inspector Walker, C D :vision, proved apprehending Gale at 31, Addison-road, and Payne at 16, Oxendon-street, both being charged with keeping a brothel at the latter address. Sergeant George Appleton, 26 C, said he knew the pri soners as the keepers of the house in Osendon-steeet, and as the persons named in the warrant. The gentleman from the vestry clerk's office said the house was a very bad one. Mr Tyrwhitt committed the prisoners for trial, consent. ing, on the application of Mr Sage, to take bail for the prisoners, themselves in LSO each, and two in £4O for each, Cultmut; CASE.—Charles Gordon, described as "a pot man, no home," was charged before Mr Tyrwhitt with being a suspected person, and loitering in Glasshouse-streets Regent-street, for the purpose of committing a felony, Dankeraby, 117 C, said that at a quarter to one that morning he saw the prisoner loitering in Glasshouse-street, near a hoarding. Ho asked the prisoner what he was doing, and he replied, "Nothing." Not feeling satisfied with this answer ho took the prisoner to the station, when he said that he had been concerned with some others in two burglaries which had recently been committed, one of them in Glasshouse-street, on the morning of the 11th. As there had been a burglary at a public.house in the street, on the morning of the 11th, he wished for a remand to make in quiries. The prisoner said the other two men had gone tu Bir mingham and left him penniless, Mr Tyrwhitt remanded the prisoner. THAMES. DIttniIo2NNESE AMONG MARRIED WOMEN.—The first five charges heard this morning by Mr Paget wore thoze of drunkenness. The offenders were : Sarah Cummins, with her street-door key in one hand and market-basket in the other, hired a cab last night, and when she alighted, she had no money to pay her fare, and was again taken up and driven to the station-house. She said she was a respectable married woman, on which Mr Paget observed that it was anything but respectable for a married woman to be riding in a cab drunk instead of being at home. As she had paid her fare, he would dis charge her. Mrs Richard Finn, the wife of a boarding-house keeper in Old Gravel-lane, St. George - in-the-East, was charged by Thimberley, a police-constable, No. 119 K, with being drunk and disorderly. The officer stated that the prisoner's husband had been once sentenced to six months' imprison.' went and hard lab ,ur by Mr Woolrych for beating a woman, and held to bail to keep the peace towards his wife for 12 months. The prisoner annoyed and provoked her husband, and he turned her out of ceors to prevent a for feiture of his recognisance.. Mrs Finn was fined ss, which she paid. The next was a shocking case. Mary Ann Power, with an infant in her arms, was charged with being drunk and disorderly in Flint.street, Poplar, last night.' She was making a great disturbance, and threw her child into the road. It would have perished but for the humanity of Floyd, a police-constable, No. 444 K, who took the chid to the workhouse and its inhuman mother to the station house, She stated in her defence that her sister had been on a visit and treated her. Mr Paget said the pri soner's conduct was most reprehensible, and she was not fit to be entrusted with an infant. He discharged her. Ellen Fenton, apparently a person well off, was drunk and disorderly last night in High -street. She said she had been to the Custom-house to look for her husband and missed him. Mr Paget remanded the prisoner for inquiries to be made about her. Mary Ana Hamer, who was stated to be " awfully drunk," and to have been attending a funeral, where the mourners must have been merry ones, was fined 6s, the ordinary tariff for a night's lodging in a. police-station. MARKETS—This Day. HAY MARKETS. SMITHFIELD.—Meadow hay, £3 lOs to £5 7s 6d; clover, £4 lOs to £6 108 Od ; and straw, £1 5s to £llos per load. Trade dull. CUMRERLAND—Meadow hay, £3 10s to £slos Od; clover, £4 10s to £6 103 Od ; and straw, £1 63 to £1 108 per loud, A slow demand. WHITECHAPEL,—Meadow hay, £3 108 to .£.5 7e 6d ; clover, £4 108 to L 6 10s Od ; and straw, £1 6s to £1 10e per loud. Trade, ou the whole, steady. COLONIAL. TEL. —The dealings have been on a very limited scale s Prices, however, are in most instances well supported. SUGAR.--The market has been dull, and in some in stances a slight decline has taken place. Refined good., al in moderate reptest at late rates. COPFLE.—The demand for colonial descriptions has been steady at fully previous prices. tiv d t i3 e - RICE.—A fair amount of business has been done at fully previous quotevions. m t a h w r e k a a s y t p f o o ha t r i bothssquoted present o ow wn d r 4 at l h s :a r nd forwa rd j eBs a December c 413 9 lani d v : cle a 'rAy n i d Ja n uaryF l'O pricesm:ghY on given to March 43s to 42a 9d per cwt. SHIPPING INTELLIGENCE—This day. LONDON, Nov. 29.—Wind at noon, S.W„, Moderato breeze and Sue. SHIELDS, Nov. 28.—Wind for Australia. HOLYHEAD, Nov. 28.—Wild W.SW. Arrived—,Croco. dila, from Liverpool for Nassau. (BY MAGNETIC TELEGRAPH.) GRAVESEND, Tuesday Morning. Arrived—Countess of Lonsdatc, from Ilamburg—Alhed Vittery, from 3t. Michael's—Concordia, steamer, from Guernsey. DEAL, Tuesday Morning. Passed—Melba, from London, for Trinidad. Am'lured—Devonshire, schooner, from London for St. Kitt's. Bailed—Transit, bark, for London. THE BIRMINGHAM CATTLE SHOW.-.—NotWit h standing the unfav oura bl e s tate of the weather Bingley-hall was yeste r d a y crowded from 12 to 3 o'clock. Among the comp an y wore the Mayor of Birmingham and Mis Wiggin, the Earl of Shrewsbury, Lord Wenlock, Lord Walsinghatn (the President), Lord Lismore, Lord Hill, the Earl of Lichfield,, the Earl of Dartni)uth, Viscount Can terbuiy, Lord Berners, Lord Berwick, Lord Nevile, Lord Conyers, Mr Hardy, M.P., Mr R. C Charmer, of Lich field, Colonel Dyott, Colonel Skipwith, Mr Newdegate, M.P., the Ladies Fielding, Lord Naas, M.P., Sir George Chetwynd, Hon Col. Scott, Mr Darwin Gallon, Mr W. 0. Foster, Hon. Colonel Finch, Lord Guernsey, Sir V. Surtees , Captain Townshend, Admiral Melnell, Hon. W, Leage, Major Wilmington, Sir .1. Kynaston, Mr Garth, Q,C., Sir H. De Voeux, Sir W. Wynn, Hon. A. Cottvn, Hon. Bt rtie Percy, Mr John "'cob N,?., &G. I